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August 3 - 8, 2025
CICW has awarded Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants for over 20 years to teacher-scholars and worshiping communities in 45+ states and provinces and across 40+ denominations and traditions—including Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, non-denominational, and other Protestant communities.
While worship styles and practices vary greatly across these traditions, the grant projects typically explore at least one of CICW’s ten core convictions related to worship. Explore the hundreds of projects we’ve funded across both streams of the program.
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Calvin University
Debra Rienstra
Debra Rienstra
To provide inspirational and practical examples of how churches and individual Christians can address the climate crisis in podcast interviews of Christian communities who have adapted their mission and practices toward a more just and sustainable world.
Teacher-Scholar
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
Calvin University
Tyler Greenway
Tyler Greenway
To compare the intended and actual outcomes of sermons and homilies by studying how listeners respond to preaching in their behavior, emotions, and beliefs.
Teacher-Scholar
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
Campbell AME Church of Media
To employ liturgical worship, singing, music, and other learning activities such as book and movie discussion to promote racial healing and community.
Worshiping Communities
Alden, pennsylvania
2024
Campbell University
To engage in spiritual practices of liturgical writing, reflection, prayer, and art to collaboratively create a community prayer book that will facilitate the spiritual growth and well-being of the community through both personal and communal use.
Worshiping Communities
Buies Creek, north carolina
2024
Canadian Baptist Ministries | Vennture
To create worship resources that will teach a biblical theology of work to narrow the gap between gathered times of worship and the other six days of the week.
Worshiping Communities
Kiersteadville, new brunswick
2024
Candler School of Theology
Jonathan Calvillo
Jonathan Calvillo
To examine how hip-hop can be a resource for building spiritual community among Latinx diaspora by modeling how to integrate experiences of race, social engagement, and spiritual support in ministry with youth.
Teacher-Scholar
Atlanta, georgia
2024
Candler School of Theology
Antonio E. Alonso
Antonio E. Alonso
To spark deeper conversations about the significance of the materiality of lived Christian practice through theological reflection on the reception of Vatican II liturgical reforms in Asian, Latine, and Black Catholic contexts.
Teacher-Scholar
Atlanta, georgia
2024
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Joel LeMon
Joel LeMon
To explore how biblical theology emerges from the intersection of texts and their musical settings across time.
Teacher-Scholar
Atlanta, georgia
2024
Centerpoint Community Church
To encourage a deep and ongoing engagement with scripture by singing, teaching, and praying the psalms of ascent as an intergenerational community.
Worshiping Communities
Monaca, pennsylvania
2024
Central Presbyterian Church (2024)
To create space for healing from loneliness and for development of community through creative worship practices, including concerts, community dinners, art exhibitions, and discussion groups.
Worshiping Communities
Austin, texas
2024
Centro Comunitario Mujeres en Victoria
To facilitate healing of emotional wounds through creating a safe, reflective, and artistic space for biblical reflection, prayer, and the reframing of personal stories through the truths of scripture.
Worshiping Communities
Brownsville, texas
2024
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church
To foster greater embodied participation in worship services through a biblical, historical, and intercultural exploration of physical worship practices.
Worshiping Communities
Englewood, colorado
2024